Scandal politics sweep Capitol Hill

IRS and Justice Dept. wiretapping, mandated healthcare, aiding al Qaeda in Libya and Syria.. the Obama administration can’t seem to perform under the Constitution…http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/scandal-politics-sweep-capitol-hill-91297.html

// RELATED.. Rand Paul: Obama is working with ‘anti-American globalists plot[ting] against our Constitution.’ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/11/rand-paul-obama-is-working-with-anti-american-globalists-plotting-against-our-constitution/

Farmer heads to trial for…selling milk

In Wisconsin, while the state Department of Agriculture “once supported farmers who offered raw dairy through direct-to-consumer sales,” the state agency has reversed its position under pressure from the FDA.

When the state legislature tried to block the newly developing crackdown on farmers who provide their products directly to consumers, the governor vetoed the proposal.

In the case, the state of Wisconsin is arguing it can regulate when consumers gain access to such products through private deals.

Don’t believe concentration camps can come to the US?

The Civilian Inmate Labor Program www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r210_35.pdf

H.R. 645 (111th): National Emergency Centers Establishment Act http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr645/text

Obama passed the NDAA, gives gov’t powers to call up a battlefield anywhere in the US & detain citizens indefinitely without trial http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/with-reservations-obama-signs-act-to-allow-detention-of-citizens/

Martial Law FEMA Camp Drills In Oakland California, video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8knzd_martial-law-fema-camp-drills-in-oak_lifestyle

Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II. Their crime? Being of Japanese ancestry. http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp

House GOP concludes Hillary Clinton blew Benghazi response

House Republicans have concluded that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was responsible for cutting security at the consulate in Benghazi ahead of last year’s attack there, and that the administration lied about why it downplayed terrorism as the cause of the assault.

A new report — the result of months of investigation by five different House committees — says there was plenty of intelligence that presaged the attack, but the State Department and President Obama failed to heed the warnings or give the Defense Department the authority to respond to such an attack.

The report exonerates the Pentagon itself, saying the military did what it could to respond once the attack began, but “was hindered on account of U.S. military forces not being properly postured” beforehand.

In the most damning finding, House Republicans said Mr. Obama and his team lied about the attacks afterward, first by blaming mob violence spawned by an anti-Muslim video, and then wrongly saying it had misled the public because it was trying to protect an FBI investigation.

// read more.. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/23/house-gop-administration-blew-benghazi-response/

// RELATED..  Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/20/al-qaeda-terror-leader-dined-pentagon-months/

Shocking Footage: Americans Ordered Out Of Homes At Gunpoint By SWAT teams

This is what martial law in the US looks like

Shocking footage has emerged from Friday’s lockdown in Boston, where police, federal agents, national guard troops and SWAT teams enforced door to door searches of everyone’s home within twenty blocks as the entire city was placed under orders to stay off the streets.

The video, shot by a resident from their own house across the street, shows police barking orders at men and women as they order them at gunpoint to identify themselves, put their hands on their heads, and get out of their own home. They are then ordered to run down the street to be further frisked by police as scores of armed militarized cops look on.

// read more/watch video.. http://www.infowars.com/shocking-footage-americans-ordered-out-of-homes-at-gunpoint-by-swat-teams/

Talk Begins of April 22 Online ‘Blackout’ in CISPA Protest

No sooner had the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act  (CISPA), on Thursday, than word began spreading of an online protest. Some are suggesting the protest take the form of a “blackout” – going offline for 24 hours, displaying censorship bars over content or  posting statements of opposition to Internet censorship — similar to last year’s opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Supporters on Twitter have begun tweeting the hashtag #CISPABlackout to promote the proposed April 22 “blackout.”

/read more http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/04/talk-begins-of-april-22-online-blackout-in-cispa-protest/

Anonymous @YourAnonNews: “Call ur favorite websites to #blackout for 24 hours. Let’s show the unity and power of the Internet they’re trying 2 exploit! #CISPABlackout”

BIG SIS: Drudge Report is not credible

During a House hearing this morning, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano criticized the Drudge Report for highlighting stories about the department’s purchases of ammunition and MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush protected) vehicles.

She reminded the audience that the DHS typically uses 150 to 160 million ammunition rounds a year.

Napolitano added that DHS didn’t start refuting the reports until she started receiving congressional inquiries about the ammo purchases.

// read more.. http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2527529

// RELATED.. DHS Won’t Answer Congress On Billion Bullet Purchase http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/032213-649114-dhs-wont-answer-congress-on-ammunition-purchases.htm?p=full

Euro Zone Crisis Has Increased I.M.F.’s Power

The I.M.F. has more say over crisis management than many euro zone members, and Ms. Lagarde has become a quasi head of state, whose views carry more weight than those of many elected leaders.

// read more.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/business/global/euro-zone-crisis-has-increased-imfs-power.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

// RELATED.. Cyprus Banking Money Grab: Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Next? http://www.ibtimes.com/cyprus-banking-money-grab-greece-italy-france-spain-next-1132487

Assad says West will pay for backing al Qaeda in Syria

President Bashar Assad accused the West on Wednesday of supporting al Qaeda militants in Syria’s civil war and warned they would turn against their backers and strike “in the heart of Europe and the United States.”

// read more.. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17797919-assad-says-west-will-pay-for-backing-al-qaeda-in-syria?lite

// RELATED.. From the Council of Foreign Relations.. The Syrian rebels would be immeasurably weaker today without al-Qaeda in their ranks. By and large, Free Syrian Army (FSA) battalions are tired, divided, chaotic, and ineffective. Feeling abandoned by the West, rebel forces are increasingly demoralized as they square off with the Assad regime’s superior weaponry and professional army. Al-Qaeda fighters, however, may help improve morale. The influx of jihadis brings discipline, religious fervor, battle experience from Iraq, funding from Sunni sympathizers in the Gulf, and most importantly, deadly results. In short, the FSA needs al-Qaeda now. http://www.cfr.org/syria/al-qaedas-specter-syria/p28782

/// Syrian Rebels Tied to Al Qaeda Play Key Role in War http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/world/middleeast/syrian-rebels-tied-to-al-qaeda-play-key-role-in-war.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0